Div 22 Gas appliance work

Division 2.2 Gas appliance work Section 14A page 12 Gas Safety Act 2000 Effective: 23/02/26 R23 23/02/26 Authorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au (b) the work does not comply with a regulation about energy efficiency or environmental harm that applies to the work. Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units. Note Power to make a statutory instrument (including a regulation) includes power to make different provision in relation to different matters or different classes of matters, and to make an instrument that applies differently by reference to stated exceptions or factors (see Legislation Act, s 48). (2) A gas appliance worker commits an offence if— (a) the worker carries out gas appliance work on a gas appliance; and (b) the gas appliance does not comply with a regulation about energy efficiency or environmental harm that applies to the appliance. Maximum penalty: 50 penalty units. Note The Greenhouse and Energy Minimum Standards Act 2012 (Cwlth) (the Commonwealth Act) applies greenhouse and energy minimum standards (GEMS) in association with the supply and commercial use of products that use energy, or affect the energy used by another product. These standards are provided for by requirements in GEMS determinations. Section 14A only operates if a regulation is made for it, and s 14A and the regulation are consistent with the Commonwealth Act and able to operate concurrently with it (see Self-Government Act, s 28 and Commonwealth Act, s 9).

Responsibilities of owners and users Part 3 Section 15 R23 23/02/26 Gas Safety Act 2000 Effective: 23/02/26 page 13 Authorised by the ACT Parliamentary Counsel—also accessible at www.legislation.act.gov.au Part 3 Responsibilities of owners and users